Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Sci-Fi Trivia: March 28th.

Events on this day: March 28th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1912 – Arthur Bertram Chandler, science fiction author.

Born on this day in 1948 – Matthew Corbett, Doctor Who actor. He played Jones in the Doctor Who story The Dæmons.

Born on this day in 1960 – Chris Barrie, actor Red Dwarf's Arnold J Rimmer.



Born on this day in 1961 – Orla Brady, actor who has appeared in Doctor Who, Fringe, and The Deep. She played Tasha Lem in the Doctor Who television story The Time of the Doctor.

On this day in 1987 Patrick Troughton died at the age of 67 while attending the Magnum Opus II science fiction convention in Columbus Georgia, USA. He suffered a heart attack at 7:25 just after ordering breakfast. He died instantly. Troughton was cremated in the US and his ashes were returned to the UK where his wife scattered them benaeth a newly planted tree in his favourite Bushy Park, Teddington, London.



Cthulhu Mythos Trivia:

March 28 The Peaslee Expedition leaves Miskatonic for Australia. ("The Shadow Out of Time," Lovecraft)


Tolkien Trivia:

On 28 March 1972 Tolkien received the CBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

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